\u201cI know what he is to the team and the boys around him, so I\u2019m expecting nothing less of his best come this weekend. I know he\u2019ll stand up.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou could look across the field, and he had this sense of belief in his eyes, and when he talked, that [made you believe] you were always in the game or a chance of winning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what I take the most out of him, his belief, and I definitely looked up to him playing alongside him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaufusi, who will return from a two-game suspension \u2013 along with fellow prop Francis Molo \u2013 to help revive the Dolphins\u2019 finals cause, admits feeling guilt following his dangerous tackle on Warriors forward Jacob Laban, who broke his leg and would miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat tackle was pretty sloppy, and that\u2019s exactly why they\u2019re trying to get rid of it, because boys do get injured from it,\u201d Kaufusi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, I\u2019m not happy to be spending time on the sidelines, but I do cop that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s three-game charge to the finals comes in do-or-die circumstances \u2013 currently sitting ninth and two points adrift of the top eight \u2013 with Kaufusi\u2019s comeback looming as a last audition for a contract extension at Redcliffe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in talks still, so hopefully we\u2019ll get that sorted soon. I\u2019d say [I could play on] another year or two, depending on how the body goes,\u201d Kaufusi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese suspensions have given me a bit of longevity, so maybe three or four [years], given my extent. But I\u2019ll take it a year at a time, and we\u2019ll see how I go.\u201d<\/p>\n